Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News FCC Blocks Foreign-Made Routers – 2026-03-30
This episode covers the FCC’s move to restrict or ban certain foreign-made networking equipment—especially routers tied to Chinese manufacturers—highlighting the potential cybersecurity risks, supply chain implications, and how the rule could affect ISPs and consumers. The hosts also discuss broader concerns around hardware trust, existing infrastructure, and what qualifies as “approved” devices under FCC guidelines, along with a brief, lighter mention of a viral robot incident making the rounds online.
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Chapters
- (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Robot Handlers
- (05:11) - FCC Blocks Foreign-Made Routers – 2026-03-30
- (06:44) - Story # 1: FCC moves to block new foreign-made routers
- (17:00) - Story # 2: FBI Chief Kash Patel’s Gmail Account was Hacked by Iranian Hackers
- (20:07) - Story # 3: FancyBear Exposed: Major OPSEC Blunder Inside Russian Espionage Ops
- (24:18) - Story # 4: LiteLLM and Telnyx compromised on PyPI: Tracing the TeamPCP supply chain campaign
- (27:49) - Story # 4b: TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign
- (42:45) - Story # 5: Spylandia: How a Stretch of Florida Real Estate Has Become a Covert Corridor for Chinese and Russian Spies
- (45:51) - Story # 6: Anthropic readies Mythos model with high cybersecurity risk
- (57:31) - Story # 7: Google Ships WebMCP, The Browser-Based Backbone For The Agentic Web
- (01:02:24) - Story # 8: DDR5 Memory Prices Just Took a Noticeable Dive for the First Time in Months, and Google’s TurboQuant Might Be Behind It
- (01:04:03) - Securing the Cloud: Foundations by Andrew Krug
- (01:04:47) - Incident Response Simplified by Patterson Cake
News Links
Story # 1: FCC moves to block new foreign-made routers
Story # 2: FBI Chief Kash Patel’s Gmail Account was Hacked by Iranian Hackers
Story # 3: FancyBear Exposed: Major OPSEC Blunder Inside Russian Espionage Ops
Story # 4: LiteLLM and Telnyx compromised on PyPI: Tracing the TeamPCP supply chain campaign
Story # 4b: TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign
Story # 5: Spylandia: How a Stretch of Florida Real Estate Has Become a Covert Corridor for Chinese and Russian Spies
Story # 6: Anthropic readies Mythos model with high cybersecurity risk
Story # 7: Google Ships WebMCP, The Browser-Based Backbone For The Agentic Web
Story # 8: DDR5 Memory Prices Just Took a Noticeable Dive for the First Time in Months, and Google’s TurboQuant Might Be Behind It
Securing the Cloud: Foundations by Andrew Krug
Incident Response Simplified by Patterson Cake
Creators & Guests
- Andy Pettit "Nerf" - Guest
- Andrew Krug - Guest
- Wade Wells - Host
- Corey Ham - Host
- Bronwen Aker - Host
- Patterson Cake - Guest
- Ryan Poirier - Producer
- Ralph May - Host
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